The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled the intriguing galaxy NGC 2775, characterized by a mind-bending shape that challenges astronomers’ understanding of galaxy formation and classification. NGC ...

For over a century, astronomers have been observing the luminous jet of matter escaping from the core of the giant elliptical ...

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The known universe is full of shockingly huge things. Here are the largest planets, stars, galaxies, and structures we've ...

Astronomers have identified what could be the largest structure ever observed in the known universe—a vast network of galaxy clusters and superclusters containing an astonishing 200 quadrillion solar ...

A 50-million-light-year-long flow of hydrogen gas has been observed linking two tiny galaxies 50 million light-years away, ...

Such huge structures in space are very rare. The universe at the distance of the cluster is seen at only about a third of its present age. If the concentration of galaxies and quasars is caused by a ...

Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we ...

In a rare glimpse at such an object, astronomers discovered a structure thought to be a “protocluster” of galaxies on its way to developing into a galaxy supercluster. Even galaxies don’t like to be ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant barred spiral galaxy, similar to the Milky Way, that has been observed to date. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team, including ...

This image shows five newly discovered superstructures. Quipu (red) is the largest structure ever found in the universe. The others are Shapley (blue), Serpens-Corona Borealis (green), Hercules ...

As the universe evolves, scientists expect large cosmic structures to grow at a certain rate: dense regions such as galaxy clusters would grow denser, while the void of space would grow emptier. As ...